Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.  

0238  On April - 12 death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)  

0352  On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies  

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on April - 12.  

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on this day in history.  

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 12.  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.  

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75  

1605  On April - 12 boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1675  Death of Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) on this day in history.  

1687  On April - 12 death of ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer  

1690  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.  

1704  On April - 12 john Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76  

1748  On this day in history william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies  

1760  On April - 12 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

1782  Death of Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698) on this day in history.  

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on April - 12.  

1795  On April - 12 rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80  

1797  On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

1814  Death of Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies  

1828  Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1845  Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 on April - 12.  

1850  Death of Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788) on April - 12.  

1859  John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 on this day in history.  

1864  On April - 12 thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50  

1872  On April - 12 death of nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)  

1878  On this day in history william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

1896  Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1898  On April - 12 death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)  

1902  On April - 12 death of marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)  

1909  Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 on April - 12.  

1910  On this day in history william G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69  

1912  On this day in history clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90  

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0812  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)  

1484  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)  

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist  

1526  On April - 12 birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.  

1577  On April - 12 birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)  

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer